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that americans can be killed if they're deemed to be a member of al qaeda and pose an immediate threat john brennan the architect of that program a nominee to head up the cia testified before the senate intelligence committee on thursday where he defended the drone program so a couple of questions are we as a nation. setting a dangerous precedent by launching drone strikes against countries against people inside countries with whom we're not at war of course it's a terrible precedent and of course it's being promulgated by president obama who started by george w. bush right when he's all for you know you guys have got to start admitting that all the things obama said he hated about bush he's doing all i am great to say i am not disagreeing with you my point is this is not our natalie that is battling it he's killing he's got his list he can kill americans overseas with no due process this is outrageous it really is outrageous and it needs to be stopped so why are the republicans in congress not speaking out why are the democrats in congress not speaking out well you know i think because the
that americans can be killed if they're deemed to be a member of al qaeda and pose an immediate threat john brennan the architect of that program a nominee to head up the cia testified before the senate intelligence committee on thursday where he defended the drone program so a couple of questions are we as a nation. setting a dangerous precedent by launching drone strikes against countries against people inside countries with whom we're not at war of course it's a terrible precedent and of...
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around nine million expatriates mostly from africa to account for a third of the country's population john. and so if you show analogies here next talk to a veteran british diplomat and politician on just how much pressure this is putting on the media. right now. you know i love these rare moments where i actually have something totally sounds positive to share with you the f.d.a. is working to ban partially hydrogenated oils which are the leading source of trans fats and foods and possibly the cause of up to twenty thousand heart attacks per year across the usa according to f.d.a. commissioner margaret hamburg as you know i would like the chemicals in my food kept to a minimum but the.
around nine million expatriates mostly from africa to account for a third of the country's population john. and so if you show analogies here next talk to a veteran british diplomat and politician on just how much pressure this is putting on the media. right now. you know i love these rare moments where i actually have something totally sounds positive to share with you the f.d.a. is working to ban partially hydrogenated oils which are the leading source of trans fats and foods and possibly the...
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hundred miles to salt lake city for a wells fargo shareholders meeting three attempted to place c o two john stumpf under citizen's arrest melvin said the idea that c.e.o.'s are too big to jail is an outrage in the work for the citizens arrest he cited offenses such as a legally foreclosing on homes and racially discriminating against mortgage our applicants of course moment make it too far he was quickly his. scored on the building by security but it doesn't matter because his message will transcend his action a message that signals americans growing disdain against a two tiered justice system it's only a matter of time before the people in this country realize like melvin willis already has that if our government won't step up and prosecute wall street criminals then it's up to the people to ensure that those fat cat bankers pay the real price so why wait break the set. and look like. you've never seen anything like. this past presidential election was truly an indicator of a growing minority in this country one that searching for an alternative political ideology from the dominant or.
hundred miles to salt lake city for a wells fargo shareholders meeting three attempted to place c o two john stumpf under citizen's arrest melvin said the idea that c.e.o.'s are too big to jail is an outrage in the work for the citizens arrest he cited offenses such as a legally foreclosing on homes and racially discriminating against mortgage our applicants of course moment make it too far he was quickly his. scored on the building by security but it doesn't matter because his message will...
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there are also some major political figures that participated in the conference one of them was john maynard keynes who represented the british interest and then harry white representing the interests of the americans both seemed like i'm likely diplomats how did their personalities play out in the congress and they couldn't of contrast to more hairy hairy dexter why it was the son of lithuanian jewish immigrants his father where the hardware peddler john maynard keynes was born of upper middle class cambridge academics and when they came together it was quite explosive and they actually had to go she for two years in the run up to britain awards and they fought fiercely about whose plans would win the cain's plan for the white planet one point in one thousand nine hundred eighty three keynes gets fed up with one who is jewish and yells at him this is intolerable throws this plan on the on the floor and yells this is yet another tell me to which harry dexter white responds we will try to produce something which your highness can understand. well i've got a surprise. i think that the
there are also some major political figures that participated in the conference one of them was john maynard keynes who represented the british interest and then harry white representing the interests of the americans both seemed like i'm likely diplomats how did their personalities play out in the congress and they couldn't of contrast to more hairy hairy dexter why it was the son of lithuanian jewish immigrants his father where the hardware peddler john maynard keynes was born of upper middle...
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hundred miles to salt lake city for a wells fargo shareholders meeting three attempted to place c o two john stumpf under citizen's arrest melvin said idea that c.e.o.'s are too big to jail is an outrage in the work for the citizens arrest he cited offenses such as a legally foreclosing on homes and racially discriminating against mortgage our applicants of course moment didn't make it too far he was quickly discord on the building by security but it doesn't matter because his message will transcend his action a message that signals.
hundred miles to salt lake city for a wells fargo shareholders meeting three attempted to place c o two john stumpf under citizen's arrest melvin said idea that c.e.o.'s are too big to jail is an outrage in the work for the citizens arrest he cited offenses such as a legally foreclosing on homes and racially discriminating against mortgage our applicants of course moment didn't make it too far he was quickly discord on the building by security but it doesn't matter because his message will...
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and john holliman is the national editor of new york magazine and a political analyst for m.s.n. b.c. they have both co-authors of a terrific book double down a great follow up to game change with another great book before we get into current policies like how did the book come up that you did you know you were going to do a follow up for you now the new file you cover the races well i mean the first one we enjoyed doing a lot and between the book and the h.b.o. movie we had a certain amount of momentum to think about doing another one it wouldn't take too long for us to say you know there's a certain formula to what we did and we wanted to try to do it again for a different race some characters carrying over like the clintons and obviously president obama but but a new group of people right about i once interviewed john thing you know why do wrote the making of the president one nine hundred sixty and sixty four and sixty eight and seventy two he invented it on sept as jim bishop invented the concept of the day kennedy died of a question. when you thinking in terms of theodore w
and john holliman is the national editor of new york magazine and a political analyst for m.s.n. b.c. they have both co-authors of a terrific book double down a great follow up to game change with another great book before we get into current policies like how did the book come up that you did you know you were going to do a follow up for you now the new file you cover the races well i mean the first one we enjoyed doing a lot and between the book and the h.b.o. movie we had a certain amount of...
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and it was thought that john brennan the man picked by president obama to head the cia would be an easy confirmation but one senator is valid to block brennan from that post what rand paul is demanding coming up. and you see now the pentagon just inked a deal for a smartphone that can determine your fingerprints and face the scanning details ahead. it's thursday february fourteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our. we began zeroing in on a massive piece of equipment that could transform the way the military conducts its missions drones have made their way into the mainstream conversation as senators demand more transparency on the thus far secret drone campaign and as of now we have a drone bases in places like pakistan and djibouti africa as covert drone warfare becomes a critical foreign policy strategy we can expect even more of these bases to pop up but what if you didn't need to set up a base in these volatile countries that could be the case of drone aircraft carriers were were put to use you're looking now at the navy's x. forty seven b. drone
and it was thought that john brennan the man picked by president obama to head the cia would be an easy confirmation but one senator is valid to block brennan from that post what rand paul is demanding coming up. and you see now the pentagon just inked a deal for a smartphone that can determine your fingerprints and face the scanning details ahead. it's thursday february fourteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our. we began zeroing in on a massive piece of...
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let's give this guy like you would smear about john stead of working for the people who she's the beach. preacher ribozymes days you know. the dead rather. were. the poor. it was. very hard to take. on a life that had sex with that big hair. plenty of. leg. plenty of. it's true news the minimum wage has in the race in two thousand and nine when it was lifted from six fifty five an hour to its current about seven twenty five an hour for the average full time worker seven twenty five an hour translates into about fifteen grand a year barely enough to survive and that's why president obama has thrown his support behind a congressional proposal to raise the minimum wage to ten dollars and ten cents an hour but some people want to go even further at a fast food workers and hundreds of cities across the country walked off their jobs to demand a living wage of fifteen dollars an hour there is the second big labor action by low wage workers in just the past week a welcome sign for those who thought the labor movement was dead that a strike has economic inequality in the news once again and that
let's give this guy like you would smear about john stead of working for the people who she's the beach. preacher ribozymes days you know. the dead rather. were. the poor. it was. very hard to take. on a life that had sex with that big hair. plenty of. leg. plenty of. it's true news the minimum wage has in the race in two thousand and nine when it was lifted from six fifty five an hour to its current about seven twenty five an hour for the average full time worker seven twenty five an hour...
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of outreach are democrats doing to these more moderate republican members to put pressure on speaker john boehner to bring clean spending bill to the fore. well one of the most active and and really articulate leader in this effort is peter king from the great state of new york and of course peter king is is negotiating this and speaking loudly and clearly about bringing a clear clean c.r. to the to the floor let's bring a clean c.r. they can't even say yes to their own budget numbers so so it's just damaging to our economy and it's. my my my my constituents are outraged and they're angry this is not the type of behavior you expect from the world's leading democracy and legislative body it sounds more like a five year year olds in the playground it's my way or the highway if you don't give me what i want i'm i'm pulling out and i'm stopping it and i'm going to stop the budget from going forward so it's inappropriate behavior it is harmful to our country and i hope that that there will be in agreement i know that the leaders on both sides of the aisle are meeting with the president ited st
of outreach are democrats doing to these more moderate republican members to put pressure on speaker john boehner to bring clean spending bill to the fore. well one of the most active and and really articulate leader in this effort is peter king from the great state of new york and of course peter king is is negotiating this and speaking loudly and clearly about bringing a clear clean c.r. to the to the floor let's bring a clean c.r. they can't even say yes to their own budget numbers so so...
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by all normal logic that means i'm not qualified to have an opinion about whether we should remove john doe's kidneys my opinion doesn't count because i am kidney ignorant so if you know so little about syria that you can't even find it on a map then you are more likely to believe from a guy in a suit on t.v. that there must be an intervention to save the people there you have no idea who they are or why they are suffering or how to save them but gosh darn it that intervention sounds nice knowing at least where a country is on the map is the first step in building informed opinion but that's just my opinion. hello and welcome to this month's special edition of technology updates where we look to the skies to see the peak of russian innovation on today's show we captured glimpses of bush's latest stealth fighter. we find out that a cross between a battery and a combustion engine isn't just a load of. up and down the ground we learned about the mysterious night. but first let's take a look at some of the highlights of this month's show. the international aviation space show is the highlig
by all normal logic that means i'm not qualified to have an opinion about whether we should remove john doe's kidneys my opinion doesn't count because i am kidney ignorant so if you know so little about syria that you can't even find it on a map then you are more likely to believe from a guy in a suit on t.v. that there must be an intervention to save the people there you have no idea who they are or why they are suffering or how to save them but gosh darn it that intervention sounds nice...
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to cross-talk china's geopolitical interests i'm joined by my guest john feffer in washington he is an author and co-director of foreign policy in focus at the institute for policy studies and in london we crossed to martin mccauley he is a specialist on international affairs at the university of london thank you gentlemen for joining me crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it martin if i can go to you first we've been saying the american pivot to asia at least it's been now. lost a lot of energy and over the last few weeks it's a little bit more focused with biden visiting the region and we have the chinese with their new restrictive arizona and travel routes what step is this in the new battle for the pacific in your mind.
to cross-talk china's geopolitical interests i'm joined by my guest john feffer in washington he is an author and co-director of foreign policy in focus at the institute for policy studies and in london we crossed to martin mccauley he is a specialist on international affairs at the university of london thank you gentlemen for joining me crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it martin if i can go to you first we've been saying the...
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state secretary john kerry met the russian president and the russian foreign minister in moscow david cameron the british prime minister came over to the city of sochi the whole city of the twenty fourteen winter olympics that's where the russian president will be meeting most of his international callie's over the coming months and the biggest intrigue of this meeting here in sochi was whether david cameron would sing to the same to you as john kerry did in moscow now after months of harsh criticism coming from russia towards the west for taking one side in the syrian conflict that is the side of the syrian rebels even pushing for arming the syrian rebels and providing them with military training and even possibly intervening into the conflict by force now experts have said that after the meeting and most call the stances of the both sides have somewhat softened the result of the meeting in moscow was the international conference to be called on by the end of this month which will see hopefully see both the members of the syrian opposition and the syrian government at the same negoti
state secretary john kerry met the russian president and the russian foreign minister in moscow david cameron the british prime minister came over to the city of sochi the whole city of the twenty fourteen winter olympics that's where the russian president will be meeting most of his international callie's over the coming months and the biggest intrigue of this meeting here in sochi was whether david cameron would sing to the same to you as john kerry did in moscow now after months of harsh...
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secretary of state john kerry. general election campaigning wraps up in pakistan ahead of the milestone democratic vote that's already been dubbed one of the deadliest in the country's history. and some out of the swirl of technical problems the courage of the international space station prepare for a space walk to deal with a cooling system. this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital on marina joshie welcome to the program . u.k. prime minister david cameron and russian president vladimir putin have met to thrash out a pass to peace and war torn syria trying to bridge their differences on the issue the talks come in the wake of a russia u.s. breakthrough agreement to hold an international conference on the conflict are just like here she has been following the talks at the black sea resort city of sochi. literally seventy two hours after the u.s. state secretary john kerry met the russian president and the russian foreign minister in moscow david cameron the british prime minister came over to the ci
secretary of state john kerry. general election campaigning wraps up in pakistan ahead of the milestone democratic vote that's already been dubbed one of the deadliest in the country's history. and some out of the swirl of technical problems the courage of the international space station prepare for a space walk to deal with a cooling system. this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital on marina joshie welcome to the program . u.k. prime minister david cameron and russian president...
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i think yes i think the upcoming confirmation hearing for john brennan to be director of the cia provides another test but you know to me when i read this memo when n.b.c. put it up well the first thing that shocked me was the idea that this was being kept secret i mean this is nothing but plain vanilla legal analysis it's controversial it's even wrong on some points it's potentially embarrassing but there are no national security secrets here and this notion that the law or rather the government's understanding of what the law is is something that can be held secret from congress and from the american people is really shocking. scott great to have you on appreciate you weighing in on this very important new development that was scott horan contributing editor at harper's magazine great to be with you the use of drones is terribly not exclusive to the u.s. the u.k. is currently working on expanding their own drone program plans to tast a quote supersonic stealth drone named teran s. are being touted as the future of you ladies r t sarah first has more. it can fly faster than the speed of
i think yes i think the upcoming confirmation hearing for john brennan to be director of the cia provides another test but you know to me when i read this memo when n.b.c. put it up well the first thing that shocked me was the idea that this was being kept secret i mean this is nothing but plain vanilla legal analysis it's controversial it's even wrong on some points it's potentially embarrassing but there are no national security secrets here and this notion that the law or rather the...
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sergey lavrov the foreign minister here in russia and his counterpart the united states john kerry will be meeting in geneva there will be chemical weapons experts at that conversation as well as well as other international parties who are interested in the outcome of what's happening in syria to syria it really is a global event at this point in time but basically he also talked about his working relationship with president obama as being marked with. hope and now media reports about what is happening at these talks say that syria needs to join the organization for pro live for a against the proliferation of chemical weapons excuse me also needs to reveal the places where chemical weapons in syria were produced. and stored that u.n. inspectors or international inspectors need to be allowed into those sites and then also to negotiate how that arsenal will be dismantled and by whom now this is all of it's the backdrop and within the past two weeks there are reports stating that cia weapons shipments into syria have increased in the past two weeks which is greatly inflated u.s. role in th
sergey lavrov the foreign minister here in russia and his counterpart the united states john kerry will be meeting in geneva there will be chemical weapons experts at that conversation as well as well as other international parties who are interested in the outcome of what's happening in syria to syria it really is a global event at this point in time but basically he also talked about his working relationship with president obama as being marked with. hope and now media reports about what is...
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chevrons powerhouse team includes former senate majority leader trent lott former democratic senator john breaux and wayne berman a top fundraiser for the john mccain all with access to washington's top decision makers and this move by chevron prompted a response from twenty five members of congress urging the trade rep to reject chevrons petition one of these members representative linda sanchez said of chevron's behavior quote rather than allowing this case to come to a conclusion embarking on cleanup efforts or even seeking mediation chevron has engaged in a lobbying effort that looks like little more than extortion apparently if it can't get the outcome it wants from the ecuadorian court system chevron will use the u.s. government to deny trade benefits until ecuador cries uncle chevron has since used its corporate cheshire chest to hire an army of lawyers in new york city with the help of more than two thousand lawyers and more than sixty law firm chevron has jammed up the courts and this year secured a victory when a new york city judge put a temporary injunction on that eighteen bi
chevrons powerhouse team includes former senate majority leader trent lott former democratic senator john breaux and wayne berman a top fundraiser for the john mccain all with access to washington's top decision makers and this move by chevron prompted a response from twenty five members of congress urging the trade rep to reject chevrons petition one of these members representative linda sanchez said of chevron's behavior quote rather than allowing this case to come to a conclusion embarking...
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well literally seventy two hours after i was meeting john kerry secretary in moscow he's meeting the british prime minister david cameron in the city of sochi the host of the winter olympics in twenty fourteen that's where the russian president fact will be meeting most of his international colleagues over the coming months now this comes of course at the meeting in moscow where a principal decision on holding an international conference by the end of this month to have both the members of the syrian opposition and the syrian government at the same negotiation table to attempt to find some kind of peaceful solution to the syrian conflict indeed this meeting in moscow was a breakthrough according to many experts because after months of harsh rhetoric the sides of managed to soften their position and agree on something in the long run the positions of the united states and russia have been different just the same story with the position of the u.k. and russia as well for months russia has been criticizing the west for taking one side in this conflict that is the side of the syrian rebe
well literally seventy two hours after i was meeting john kerry secretary in moscow he's meeting the british prime minister david cameron in the city of sochi the host of the winter olympics in twenty fourteen that's where the russian president fact will be meeting most of his international colleagues over the coming months now this comes of course at the meeting in moscow where a principal decision on holding an international conference by the end of this month to have both the members of the...
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secretary of state john kerry. general election campaigning wraps up and pakistan to have a milestone democratic vote that's already been dubbed one of the deadliest in the country's history. and sound out of this world technical problems the crew of the international space station prepare for a space walk to deal with a leaky cooling system. at a six pm in moscow you're watching our team with me marina joshie welcome to the program. u.k. prime minister david cameron is in russia to try and thrash out a pass to peace in war torn syria together with russian president vladimir putin the two leaders met to discuss the conflict in the black sea resort of saatchi discussing key steps to tackle the conflict will bring you more from our correspondent who's been following their talks a little later in the program meantime britain and russia's efforts to work together as london remains insistent that the syrian government has very likely used chemical weapons while suggesting the rebels did the spy in a recent u.n. probe re
secretary of state john kerry. general election campaigning wraps up and pakistan to have a milestone democratic vote that's already been dubbed one of the deadliest in the country's history. and sound out of this world technical problems the crew of the international space station prepare for a space walk to deal with a leaky cooling system. at a six pm in moscow you're watching our team with me marina joshie welcome to the program. u.k. prime minister david cameron is in russia to try and...
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whistleblower put this into context with me with the whistleblowers that we've seen in the past the john kiriakou the daniel ellsberg is the bradley manning's how big of a leak is this this is probably the biggest whistleblower disclosure since daniel ellsberg leaked the pentagon papers and individuals like mr snowden who work for contractors of intelligence agencies or even intelligence agency employees have no place to go to make this type of disclosure so it really shouldn't be a surprise to the obama administration that someone has again chosen to communicate grave problems with this surveillance system to a member of the news media should we be surprised at how snowden out it himself was that a smart move on his part it was a smart move for him to stay alive number one it's a very dangerous thing that he's doing for his own family's own safety and to come public in this way i think is a very admirable thing all right sharon i was able to catch up with n.s.a. whistleblower bill bennie about the prison program which allegedly allows the n.s.a. to access online data from nine of the la
whistleblower put this into context with me with the whistleblowers that we've seen in the past the john kiriakou the daniel ellsberg is the bradley manning's how big of a leak is this this is probably the biggest whistleblower disclosure since daniel ellsberg leaked the pentagon papers and individuals like mr snowden who work for contractors of intelligence agencies or even intelligence agency employees have no place to go to make this type of disclosure so it really shouldn't be a surprise to...
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anger a biotech john you know it's two million protesters across the world with people accusing the corporation i mean danger in health and monopolizing the food market our top stories this hour. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is r.t. live in moscow the u.k. security services are under fire for failing to prevent the brutal daylight murder of a soldier in london on wednesday nine suspects have been arrested so far and at least two of them have been tracked by m i five for years one was allegedly even offered a job by the agency the killing of muslims by british forces overseas was used as justification for the attack but despite fresh fears of homegrown terror u.k. officials are defending the country's foreign policy is now reports. a flag at half mast a grizzly attack with a machete style knife and a murdered soldier his death leaves behind a two year old son the seemingly behind this priest the max seeking to bring scenes of violence usually seen in war ravaged parts of the world to the london suburb of in a poignant interview r.t. spoke t
anger a biotech john you know it's two million protesters across the world with people accusing the corporation i mean danger in health and monopolizing the food market our top stories this hour. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is r.t. live in moscow the u.k. security services are under fire for failing to prevent the brutal daylight murder of a soldier in london on wednesday nine suspects have been arrested so far and at least two of them...
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leaders have praised him as a giant for justice and a hero of our time crowds took to the streets in john his birth to grieve mandela's death and celebrate his legacy announcing the news the country's president jacob zuma said his nation has lost its greatest son after memorial service expected to draw tens of thousands of mourners when dels body will be flown to his home village and you'll be interred on his family's day according to his wishes are his policy or looks at the legacy of the iconic leader. he's the man who pulled a troubled and divided land back from the brink of civil war the man who after twenty seven tough years behind bars walks free from prison in his heart was not to avenge or i think that he's greatest legacy to this country is reconciliation but in the last three decades the world tirelessly punished the image of nelson mandela and image recognized around the world only coca-cola is based on known but a man who struggle for racial equality again south africa's ruling white minority had a dark side the world has conveniently forgotten about nelson mandela the leader
leaders have praised him as a giant for justice and a hero of our time crowds took to the streets in john his birth to grieve mandela's death and celebrate his legacy announcing the news the country's president jacob zuma said his nation has lost its greatest son after memorial service expected to draw tens of thousands of mourners when dels body will be flown to his home village and you'll be interred on his family's day according to his wishes are his policy or looks at the legacy of the...
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diplomat john graham he believes that egypt's future is up in the air and deep divisions within society could just see this second revolution caused the nation to crumble but we did that security official say that. we're coming to you live from moscow this is our tea with me rory sue show you what do you think is next for egypt we always love it when you get involved with our stories here on the program let's see how we're doing now for the vote from our t dot com up for this hour we're asking you off to now two years the second time in two years that well the army the military has taken control of that all of the rear square in the egyptian capital let's see how the voting stacking up for this hour the vast majority fifty seven percent saying well the army will try to administer the country until there's a chance for fresh elections to be held though about a quarter well they're less optimistic saying that coming to an agreement is unlikely and the country will only descend into the turmoil some of you think that the army will continue to hold on to power that's fifteen percent of all
diplomat john graham he believes that egypt's future is up in the air and deep divisions within society could just see this second revolution caused the nation to crumble but we did that security official say that. we're coming to you live from moscow this is our tea with me rory sue show you what do you think is next for egypt we always love it when you get involved with our stories here on the program let's see how we're doing now for the vote from our t dot com up for this hour we're asking...
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drones long before president obama addressed the issue of civilian casualties in drone warfare here's john brennan back in april of two thousand and twelve at the time he was an assistant to the president for national security and counterterrorism we conduct targeted strikes because they are necessary to mitigate actual ongoing threat to stop plots prevent future attacks and to see american lives but quantifiable data are proving this has been scarce due to the secrecy of the drone program exact figures of drone strikes were not disclosed in the latest study because that information is classified but it calls into question just how much more precise drones really are compared to man their planes the researchers that conducted this study have an idea they told the guardian quote these findings show us that it's not about the technology it's about how the technology is used drone darn magically better at avoiding civilians than fighter jets when pilots flying jets were given clear directives and training on civilian protection they were able to lower civilian casualty rates also important to
drones long before president obama addressed the issue of civilian casualties in drone warfare here's john brennan back in april of two thousand and twelve at the time he was an assistant to the president for national security and counterterrorism we conduct targeted strikes because they are necessary to mitigate actual ongoing threat to stop plots prevent future attacks and to see american lives but quantifiable data are proving this has been scarce due to the secrecy of the drone program...
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in immigration reform wrong like this alexander lamar alexander fifty grand bob corker fifty grand john mccain thirty grant marco rubio twenty seven thousand each senator has sponsored bills to increase detention and incarceration of undocumented immigrants. to the profits of these bills profit corporations like c.c.a. so this is about fixing the undocumented immigration problem or is it about it's making more money it's about making more money we know that these corporations these private prison companies bill based on the number of days that people are spending in their system if you speed up the process either for deporting people or for a path to citizenship it's just less a days on average that they will be able to bill and the big banks are into this too i interviewed chris patrol of who's done a lot of research into this and there's a number of big banks that hold significant stakes sometimes up to ten percent in companies like c.c.a. so now the banks there is are also making money from illegal immigrants being in private prisons marxism isn't this an area where it's crazy that w
in immigration reform wrong like this alexander lamar alexander fifty grand bob corker fifty grand john mccain thirty grant marco rubio twenty seven thousand each senator has sponsored bills to increase detention and incarceration of undocumented immigrants. to the profits of these bills profit corporations like c.c.a. so this is about fixing the undocumented immigration problem or is it about it's making more money it's about making more money we know that these corporations these private...
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diplomat john graham he believes that egypt's future is up in the air and deep divisions within society could just see the second revolution cause the nation to crumble. the question now is whether it works he's supporters even though the army seems to have cast their hand. will start a civil war that would be in many ways going up against the army so fewer hours a few more days should be clear but right now it's total chaos and there's more players as well you see. mubarak supporters there are sort of in the background but they're waiting opportunistically for for a moment perhaps to to gain something of a say you've got. the christians the cops who are not anti muslim but nonetheless they're not muslim as either so you've got a lot of different players. on the on the on the secular side you have not one party or two perhaps a dozen or maybe fifteen different parties none of whom agree totally with each other so you that's where the chaos comes from. now here at r.t. we always love it when you get involved with stories and today the big question on our website all t. daughter call me i
diplomat john graham he believes that egypt's future is up in the air and deep divisions within society could just see the second revolution cause the nation to crumble. the question now is whether it works he's supporters even though the army seems to have cast their hand. will start a civil war that would be in many ways going up against the army so fewer hours a few more days should be clear but right now it's total chaos and there's more players as well you see. mubarak supporters there are...
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american citizens and when that vote we saw political leaders from both parties from speaker of the house john boehner minority leader nancy pelosi defied by their own members and today they have to be wondering have edward snowden's leaks about the n.s.a. put their own power here on topical hill at risk the people who want to stand by the status quo of the n.s.a. program have to pay attention to the fact that a bipartisan group of members of congress nearly overturned nearly passed a bill to bring it all to a stop just seven republicans or seven democrats switched their vote wednesday night the n.s.a. would be scrambling today and although the amendment went down these new political coalitions formed in the vote could be a force moving forward in a congress that's now seen its approval ratings reach historical. lows they may offer some ray of hope you know in what has been a pretty dysfunctional congress maybe on this issue of privacy and constitutional rights we might be able to come together and put some things together that will benefit the american people members who narrowly lost last ni
american citizens and when that vote we saw political leaders from both parties from speaker of the house john boehner minority leader nancy pelosi defied by their own members and today they have to be wondering have edward snowden's leaks about the n.s.a. put their own power here on topical hill at risk the people who want to stand by the status quo of the n.s.a. program have to pay attention to the fact that a bipartisan group of members of congress nearly overturned nearly passed a bill to...
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broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm john thomas glad to have you with us now a massive anti-government demonstration in east on bulls central square sparked by a high level corruption investigation has been violently dispersed by police demonstrators are now calling for the country's prime minister. to wanted to step down but he refuses to give in to their demands are reports. phantom limb occupy protests. for the past couple of weeks prime minister the fifth biggest challenge to his leadership on friday the first time offense is once again take to the streets of istanbul and i think half the police and the political family strong false thinking that the protest prime minister addressing the crowd that very much they would fly facing that this is the financial fair for the person feeling this clear not sure quite that would be for a number of political stunts and that means the possibility that will benefit second right of corruption. that's i understand exactly what ben i'm feeling bad for the fact that the professor. if that were thank you very much f
broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm john thomas glad to have you with us now a massive anti-government demonstration in east on bulls central square sparked by a high level corruption investigation has been violently dispersed by police demonstrators are now calling for the country's prime minister. to wanted to step down but he refuses to give in to their demands are reports. phantom limb occupy protests. for the past couple of weeks prime minister the fifth...
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december outgoing president john tyler proposed that texas yeah next by a joint resolution of the u.s. congress that past february of forty five. and november texas vote on it safe. and eight hundred sixty one. people discovered the united states wasn't going to do what they said they would do. so they. elected form a new constitution and took them of a vote to secede or not. the united states declared the vote in the constitution null and void. but through what people didn't understand. the stakes is never ceded its reliance in they were and they were taken a vote to secede and you cannot cede troops up to new never see did. jay james in miami hauteur the. anybody after chickens managed their day it you know you know go after james tickets. when a driver worries that the man. told. him that i want to leave both of them to do all three of them just buy a. new one. earth perfect ok i'll be happy doing this. kind of governments we have now are like a parasite in a parasite as a living thing but it lives off of the lives of others they are parasites on call's their partner sites on trees
december outgoing president john tyler proposed that texas yeah next by a joint resolution of the u.s. congress that past february of forty five. and november texas vote on it safe. and eight hundred sixty one. people discovered the united states wasn't going to do what they said they would do. so they. elected form a new constitution and took them of a vote to secede or not. the united states declared the vote in the constitution null and void. but through what people didn't understand. the...
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when john maddox was diagnosed with dementia his children ivan and wanda intended to give him the best care they could but they clashed with social workers and their local council which took the family to the secret court of protection it ruled that the eight year old lack the mental capacity to make his own decisions and needed to live in a special care home he didn't want to be in a home basically told he didn't want to be in a home. he wants to either want to go with one to the final home that he went i'm swear to god to look after and not. the court makes rulings on behalf of citizens deemed to one well to be responsible for their own affair as it has power to take control of assets and separate family members all in secret wonder and i even wanted allowed to take their father out of the state run facility or even discuss his living arrangements with him but he kept on asking me want to go home but i did not tell him that it didn't mean i was any more they got it because one of the court protection the sickos will do whatever they want with finances in its house what watch are goin
when john maddox was diagnosed with dementia his children ivan and wanda intended to give him the best care they could but they clashed with social workers and their local council which took the family to the secret court of protection it ruled that the eight year old lack the mental capacity to make his own decisions and needed to live in a special care home he didn't want to be in a home basically told he didn't want to be in a home. he wants to either want to go with one to the final home...
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talk on capitol hill about drones this kind of this issue kind of jumped to the forefront when when john brennan was going through his confirmation to be the cia chief and you've seen a lot of lawmakers who want to use the new n.d.a. to inject more congressional oversight over the targeted killing program that's run out of the white house right now. guantanamo is another issue that's going to be addressed in this the president is giving his speech tomorrow and in the press briefing yesterday jay carney said the president is going to put forward his latest plans to close guantanamo bay so i mean these are the two major issues that the new india is going to look at it's also going to examine issues related to sexual assault in the military it's going to look at recommendations from the attack in benghazi and ways to keep our diplomatic mission safer. i mean this is all about funding the department of defense programming our war machine so it's a pretty all encompassing piece of legislation ok programming our warmachine i like that ok i swear the president says that he wants to close gitmo
talk on capitol hill about drones this kind of this issue kind of jumped to the forefront when when john brennan was going through his confirmation to be the cia chief and you've seen a lot of lawmakers who want to use the new n.d.a. to inject more congressional oversight over the targeted killing program that's run out of the white house right now. guantanamo is another issue that's going to be addressed in this the president is giving his speech tomorrow and in the press briefing yesterday...
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meanwhile fresh out of his congressional confirmation hearings newly confirmed secretary of state john kerry has committed his first diplomatic slip listen close and see if you can catch it. through to some of the bush rangers the race is over. a teenager the show was great because it we showed the character should come true is that sure our commitment to go to you should you would write a correction you know jury of their support we did or both should go the way to constitution because it showed and. there's you here. it's john kerry praised diplomatic efforts in a country that in fact does not exist the secretary apparently confuse the poor landmark nation of pervious stand with its oil rich neighbor to the north kazakstan creating a sort of hybrid between the two so he messed up but he certainly isn't the only one sure appealing should she could see russia from alaska. russia by watching rocky tour. kerry making fun of mitt romney kerry also mentioned that in his democratic national convention for outdoor for china to juxtapose romney's personal foreign relations with an old kind of
meanwhile fresh out of his congressional confirmation hearings newly confirmed secretary of state john kerry has committed his first diplomatic slip listen close and see if you can catch it. through to some of the bush rangers the race is over. a teenager the show was great because it we showed the character should come true is that sure our commitment to go to you should you would write a correction you know jury of their support we did or both should go the way to constitution because it...
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learn the lesson again when a new batch of truth tellers stood up to blow the whistle thomas drake john kiriakou bradley manning edward snowden those are just a few of the high profile whistleblowers who in just the last few years have exposed some of the american government's darkest secrets from warrantless domestic surveillance the cia's torture programs to war crimes. and it's left those agencies in our government that depend on keeping secrets scrambling to find a way to better keep their secrets but that task is very difficult today mainly because the national security state has grown too large to control now since nine eleven the size of the national security complex and all of its secrets have grown considerably there now are nearly five million people in the united states with security clearance that's almost two percent of the entire population of those five million roughly twenty eight percent of them have top secret clearance and about ten percent have top secret clearance and don't work for the government but instead work for a private contractor like booz allen and most fr
learn the lesson again when a new batch of truth tellers stood up to blow the whistle thomas drake john kiriakou bradley manning edward snowden those are just a few of the high profile whistleblowers who in just the last few years have exposed some of the american government's darkest secrets from warrantless domestic surveillance the cia's torture programs to war crimes. and it's left those agencies in our government that depend on keeping secrets scrambling to find a way to better keep their...
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and john eisenberg is an attorney for one of these haney's being force fed and gone thomas and he says the protesters are simply trying to get heard by obama who does have the authority the stores have to say to put an end to the crisis. if i had a very painful they find it very degrading they find it humiliating. they are on hunger strike in order to suppress to themselves and the only way available to them to speak out against certain definite detention many of them are being held in solitary confinement is it becoming increasingly difficult for them to communicate with their warriors they do not want to die that's not the reason why there are now under strikers they want to be heard they want to speak out against air force feeding and you want to be either tris or released president obama himself as a commander in chief of the united states he has the power to stop it we are hoping that he does very soon. stay with dancing through our friday found special coverage of the mass hunger strike a gun time of day which has reached its one hundred fifty day mark. it is not a surprise to me
and john eisenberg is an attorney for one of these haney's being force fed and gone thomas and he says the protesters are simply trying to get heard by obama who does have the authority the stores have to say to put an end to the crisis. if i had a very painful they find it very degrading they find it humiliating. they are on hunger strike in order to suppress to themselves and the only way available to them to speak out against certain definite detention many of them are being held in solitary...